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Pulmonary cryptococcosis induces chitinase in the rat
BACKGROUND: We previously demonstrated that chronic pulmonary infection with Cryptococcus neoformans results in enhanced allergic inflammation and airway hyperreactivity in a rat model. Because the cell wall of C. neoformans consists of chitin, and since acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) has recen...
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-40 |